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Robert Palmer+snazzy suit (as always) delivers not only a classic album cover but a record filled with the deep funk of"Work To Make It Work","Fine Time" and "Trouble",the upbeatCarribean-style reggae of the tital song and catchy pop/soul numbers like "Give Me And Inch","Back In My Arms" and "Here WithYou Tonight".This is primal,Little Feat/Meters-influenced RobertPalmer with that great New Orleans Dr.John'ilke funky feel-beforePalmer's hard rock productions took over and along with his otherthree mid 70's albums a perfect example of this genre!

I saw Mr. Palmer at The Roxy in West Hollywood on the Tour for this album. Robert played 3 nights, 2 shows a night, I remember after meeting him that he told me "The record company is recording these shows for my next album". Anyway.. back to the show. Robert started the show with "Work To Make It Work", the band was well rehersed and he had 2 Female backup singers. I was a kid, and wanting to witness "history", I saw all 3 nights and the shows got better as I got to know the set list. He did most of Pressure Drop, and assorted songs fron "Sneakin Sally". When we talked after the 1st night, Robert said "he was excited to be releasing a live album". I told him "I'll be the 1st person to buy it when it comes out". He was impressed with this 14 year old Fan from Los Angeles. The next release from Robert was a studio album, and I was Bummed Out. But I'll never forget Robert, lookin' oh so sharp, Crooning 'Back In my Arms", the girls were swooning. The Creole tunes like "Here With You Tonight" had a swinging bouncy feel live. Boy, Folks.. This was an unforgettable evening. I miss Robert, I saw him at House of Blues while he was on tour for his last CD. The guy was a pro. Pressure Drop is a must have CD. Gotta love this man, and his music.

I love this album and never get tired of listening to it. Had it on cassette for years, and last year got it on CD. As the previous reviewer correctly pointed out this is an eclectic collection but I think there is a common thread running through the songs even though there are various styles used.I don't know whether this soul or funk or rock and frankly I don't care. Its bloody good music. Robert Palmers vocals are as always that wonderful blue-eyed soul that so perfectly fitted this early part of his career.Little Feat are heavily involved and the influence of groups like The Meters can still be heard in the grooves that are laid down.I don't think theres a duff track on the album. Favourites well if I had to pick two it would be 'Fine Time' and 'Back In My Arms' which which sort of sums up the album for me, but on another day I'd probably pick two others!If you like your music with a heavy dose of funk/soul and a sprinkling of Reggae this is an essential album to get.

If you were a teen in the mid 1980s, and didn't know anything about Robert Palmer, you know him to this day for "Addicted To Love." Forget the buzzsaw guitars and Palmer's amazing growl. When MTV was music TV, those black spandex robo girls with the chalk white bobbing heads cut an image that you can see today, clear as 1986. It was not exactly art rock, but who doesn't want to buy that house in the Hamptons, to put the kids through college.

I still swear those girls were made of thick rubber and string operated, but that does not matter nearly as much as the amazingly pleasant surprise I got when I found Pressure Drop for a dollar on vynal and played it.

Pressure Drop is simply some of the most polished, refined and classy pop I have heard in ages. With its perfect playing, production planned like war campaign, and complex layers within relatively basic song structures, I learned a whole different side of Robert Palmer. An amazing writer and singer before digital production, before MTV; back in the era when Steely Dan was still proving that yes kids, even the most sophisticated pop can make you a millionaire. All this with the amazing backup of Little Feat.

I find it a little hard at this point to tell you blow by blow what I love about each song. As a reviewer, that is a lousy place to be. But as a listener and music lover, this place is one of the best. You know you have stumbled onto something that you are going to enjoy listening to for a long time, absorbing the sounds one by one. It is not often I experience this--I am a collector and I would say one album of each thirty I buy--but ultimate, this is that needle you look for in those vinyl hey stacks.

And I don't care what ANYONE says. Those girls in 86' were rubber puppets

In 1975, when this album came out, I wasn't allowed to have it due to the cover art. I bought it anyway, threw out the cover, and kept it in a KC and the Sunshine Band sleeve that was kicking around the house. Mom never caught on, and she even learned to chill out to "Give Me an Inch."

Flash forward to today. I'm no longer young enough that I have to listen to my mother about cover art, and I don't have to hide anything I want to hear. I re-bought the album as an MP3 (Heaven knows what happened to the LP), and was delighted to discover that the album hasn't aged a bit. The velvety smooth music is just as wonderful as it was back in the day, and has the power to make an old lady like me want to slither out of something comfortable. (I was a little girl back in 1975, so I won't comment on any side effects back then.)

Pressure Drop is a phenomenal, very sexy album, with music that's just perfect for the background when my very favorite husband comes home. He rather likes the side effects it has on me as well, so much so that even though Robert Palmer isn't his favorite musician, he never, ever complains when I grab this on the iPod and put it in the speaker.